Rail-joint.



M. MUS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLiCATlON FILED JAN. I8, 1911.

1,%2$%,6? n Patented July 3, 1917.

MIGHAL MUS, OF CEDOUX, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, lslil.

Application filed January 18, 1917. Serial No. 143,131.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIGHAL Mus, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, anda resident of Gedoux, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints, and the objectsof the invention are to dispense with the use of fish plates and bolts,to permit of the rails being readily attached to and detached from eachother, to simplify the construction of the joint and generally to adaptthe same to better perform the functions required of it.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consistsessentially of the improved construction of joint, particularlydescribed and set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved rail joint.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the rail joint when seenapart.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved rail joint.

Fig. 4; is a longitudinal section through the web of the rail.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A and B represent two rails adapted to besecured together and in alinement with the improved joint. Each railsection is formed at the end with a tapered tongue 10 provided at thepoint with an outwardly or laterally eX- tending flange 11, while theweb of the rail adjacent to the rear end of the tongue is enlarged asshown at 12, and provided with a recess 13 which forms on the end of theenlargement a flange 14-, which is substantially parallel to the flange11.

By reference to the drawing it will be readily seen that the tongues 10of adjacent rails are formed on opposite sides, so that the flanges 11will readily coact or engage with the recesses 13 formed at the rear ofthe opposite tongues.

In securing the rails together it is only necessary to lift one of thesections for instance, A and engage the flange 11 with the recess 13 ofthe rail B, and at the same time engage the recess 13 of the rail A withthe flange 11 formed on the end of the tongue 10 of the rail B.

The rail A is now lowered under gravity and the tongues 10 will engageand the flanges 11 draw the rails A and B closely together, so that theends of the lower flange 15 of the rails will abut.

It will be evident that any thrust is adequately taken up by the lowerflanges 15 and the ends of the tongues 10, while any tendency for therails to spread is overcome by the coacting flanges 11 and 14:.

To separate the rails, it is only necessary to lift one of the same whenthe joint will be broken.

From this description it will be seen that I have invented a rail jointwhich can be advantageously utilized on railways and which will dispensewith the use of fish plates and bolts, the several parts being soarranged that they cannot get out of repair or become broken due tojarring caused by trafiic on the said rails.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within thescope of the claim, constructed without departing from the spirit orscope thereof, it is intended that all mat ter contained in theaccompanying specification and drawings, shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A rail joint comprising a pair of rails each provided with a taperedtongue, having a laterally extending tongue on' the point thereof, andan enlargement at the rear of said tongue having a recess thereinforming with the end of the rail an inwardly extending flange, the saidrecess being adapted to engage with the flange of the tongue of theadjacent rail.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

MIGHAL MUS. Witnesses:

J. S. BUKOWSKI, H. W. (loonsozu.

(lopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. U.

